sprinting

[LANGAN]

hi iam crap at sprinting, will this effect me on prmc ,long distance and 1 1/2s im ok

[Nickosx]

Simple short answer, yes

On prmc you are sprinting all the time. During warm-ups, bleep test and bottom field and gym test 2, a lot of the time really. Go and practice

[Sonne]

hi iam crap at sprinting, will this effect me on prmc ,long distance and 1 1/2s im ok

Practice practice practice. Here is where squat jumps and exercises to build explosive power will help.

You have the opposite problem to me, i can sprint and move like the clappers but my distance running is appauling. Keep at it, i had a look at your RSC scores in anopther thread and you seem to be in very good shape.

Sonne

[mancuniankid]

Hill sprinting will help lots with building explosive power. I used to be rubbish at sprinting aswell but i just started doing loads and loads, and i got better and better.

So get and and sprint, sprint, sprint, sprint, sprint

[Hughser]

i know for one my sprinting is cack, a mate of mine who plays football once a week can outsprint me!! as for endurance runs, i can run my wee cotton socks off - rain or shine. to combat the problem ive stuck hill sprints in on every other day, inbetween my endurance runs. its farkin 'ard but you dont half feel a difference when you've finished! as for squat jumps, never tried them, didnt want to look like a lemon in the middle of a park

[Hankins]

Hill sprinting will help lots with building explosive power. I used to be rubbish at sprinting aswell but i just started doing loads and loads, and i got better and better.

So get and and sprint, sprint, sprint, sprint, sprint

I agree with this guy and most others by saying that you just need to practise more and more until you get better, its's not going to be fun, thats why its called work, so just grab the bull by the horns and give it hell! what have you got to lose.

[ezzy_pezzy]

PRMC you'll do lots of sprinting, as the others have said already. But also in training you'll do lots of sprinting, even more yes so i'd get practicing. If anything do sprints when ever you can, as you do more sprinting in training and than running, thats what i found anyway (maybe its because i was always l8 for everything

Sprints are good for warmups though and also you can include them in the middle of your curcuit training and also at the end.

Something like:

Repeat 5 times

Sprint 25m
Pick up medicine ball 5 to 8kg
Sprint 50m
Drop ball
Sprint 25
Rest 30 seconds, but keep double mark time (i.e. keep knees beef height, jogging on the spot)

You don't have to use a medicine ball, all depends if your legs are up to it, as it can cause a lot of impact.

[Dave_n]

wait till you get on bottem field, then you will be sprinting UP HILL with another MAN on you BACK!

dave

[Hughser]

whats the height restrictions? ill start getting to know the shorter candidates better

[ezzy_pezzy]

I always got lumberd with the big geezer. I left after around 11 weeks, so I never got to the bottom field. I'm looking forward to challenge this time round.

[Nickosx]

On prmc when you have to do the piggybacks up and down the hill i got a right big bugger, must have been nearly 1 and 1/2 times my weight, and that killed my legs on the way back up, they we got made to sprint up the steep hill, my legs felt like jelly then

[Felias]

They guy I got to carry, he was of similar weight, never the less I did sprint all the way.

[rgj-rifleman]

on my running then, at every hill i get, over the four miles run i am doing at the moment, should i try and hammer into the hills, to get stronger then?

[ali_hire]

From what I understand you won't actually be tested on your ability to sprint (IE. flat out, which is what I understand sprinting to be). So I wouldn't worry about not being the fastest over 60-100m, it is your ability to run quickly (approx. 60-80% of your max) for extended periods that they will be interested in.

Do, however, include shuttle sprint work into your training schudule as this will increase your leg strength/endurance and help to make you faster overall.

[Konassin]

If you're low tech, like me, and like keeping workouts simple to avoid overcomplicating things, here's a little one i used to do.

Go to your local park and find 2 trees a decent distance apart - anything from 30 - 100 metres. Sprint from one to the other, walk back to the first one, and repeat. Do this for 10 minutes and count the number of times you sprinted between the trees. Next time you go back, try and do it at least one more than you did last time.

When you start you'll barely be able to walk back after a few mintues of sprinting, but give it a few weeks and you'll have built up to having to jog back between sprints in order to beat your previous score.

Only takes ten minutes and a local park, and it's an absolute killer.